Gentrification in Jaffa and its transformation into a city for the ultra-wealthy

Jaffa, once a major port in the Middle East, has grown into an international tourist center, a coveted destination and last but not least a true real estate gem.
Tourists, partygoers and its residents are charmed by Jaffa’s oriental style and romantic authenticity, but beneath the shiny surface lurk racism, greed and injustice.
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After many years of deliberate criminal neglect, Jaffa has been rediscovered as a coveted investment opportunity. The film follows the personal struggle of the veteran residents against the threat of eviction orders and reveals the metamorphosis that the city is going through, uncovering both its social and political meanings.
Close to Tel Aviv and on the shores of the Mediterranean, the value of the land is rising exuberantly, resulting in extreme high rent for hundreds of families who have lived here for generations.
Simultaneously, governmental institutions are carrying out brutal evictions while the profits are exclusively enjoyed by the developers and the state.
A Guide to Gentrification shows all the fans of Jaffa the price its residents have to pay for beauty and location.
Directed by Keren Shayo and Lavi Vanounou
Original title: Jaffa: A Guide to Gentrification
2022 © Licensed by First Hand Films
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Brilliant work. The story begins before 1948 and continues. Facing THAT fact, only facing that fact of the expulsion of the indigenous people - can take us forward. Yaffa is 5000 years old, it will not only survive, but thrive, when it, its history, its people, heritage and land are treated not only with respect, but with love.

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The process of displacement that has occurred in the real estate market of Jaffa is not gentrification, which is primarily a consequence of the free market in action that results in demographic change. What has occurred in Jaffa is the confiscation of property from the original inhabitants by the incoming settlers after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and govt policies that have disadvantaged the remaining indigenous population ever since.